-
Harpertown-ECC RAM compatibility question
Hey guys, this is a sort of server related question. I have a HP xw8600 workstation that I just purchased a few weeks ago. Right now it has 4Gb of Hynix PC2-5300/DDR2 667Mhz RAM, ECC class with 2x Xeon 5260 3.33Ghz chips. I'd like to swap 2x Xeon E5472 chips in place of the dual core chips. However, I read somewhere that supposedly you are supposed to use DDR2 800 RAM with 1600Mhz FSB chips. Yet I've seen at least one setup in which a computer(in this case a Dell T7400 Precision workstation) has E5472 chips along with DDR2 667/PC2-5300 RAM. So can I use the E5472's with the DDR2 667 RAM that I have right now or am I stuck buying DDR2 800 RAM?
Thanks in advance.
Desktop rigs:
Oysterhead- Intel i5-2320 CPU@3.0Ghz, Zalman 9500AT2, 8Gb Patriot 1333Mhz DDR3 RAM, 120Gb Kingston V200+ SSD, 1Tb Seagate HD, Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon 64 bit, LG 330W PSU
Flying Frog Brigade-Intel Xeon W3520@2.66Ghz, 6Gb Hynix 1066Mhz DDR3 RAM, 640Gb Hitachi HD, 512Mb GDDR5 AMD HD4870, Mac OSX 10.6.8/Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon dual boot
Laptop:
Colonel Claypool-Intel T6600 Core 2 Duo, 4Gb 1066Mhz DDR3 RAM, 1Gb GDDR3 Nvidia 230M,240Gb Edge SATA6 SSD, Windows 7 Home 64 bit
Posting Permissions
- You may not post new threads
- You may not post replies
- You may not post attachments
- You may not edit your posts
-
Forum Rules
Bookmarks